Windmill.



C. L. LONSINGER. WINDMILL.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 19.51913. 1,1 10,951.

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Ano/mrs Patented sept. 15,1914;

C. L. LONSINGBR. WINDMILL.

` 4 APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19,1913. 1,1 10,951 Patented! Sept. 15, 19M.

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Y CHARLES LEWIS LONSNGER, OF WALHONDING, OHIO 'WINDMILL Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. l5, Mild..

' appucanon'sied satema-19,1913. serial No. 790,641.

1 '0 all LU/lam it ma?) concern.'

Be it known that l, CHARLES L. LON- srNGnR, a citizen of the United States, arida residentof Walhonding, in the county of Coshocton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Windmill, of which' vthe following isa full, clear,`and exact description.

This invention relates to wind motors or mills of that type in which a plurality of wheels are employed, withr the blades of one wheel reversely arranged with respect to the blades of the other wheel, so that the wind after acting on one 'wheel is deflected by the vanes .thereof to act on the other wheel for the purpose of obtaining a greater power from the wind than is possible with a single wheel.

The general objects of the present invention are to improve and simplify the construction and operation of apparatus' of the character referred to so as to be reliable and.

efficient in use, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and composed of relatively few parts so designed as to insure long life of the apparatus.

A further object of the invention is the provision of simple, effective and novel means for enabling the wheels to automatically shift with the changes in direction of the Vwind, so that the wheel will .always be at right-angles to the' wind.

A. further object of the inventionis the provision 'if novel and effective means for throwing the wheel into and out of operation.

. invention comprises` various novel features With such objects in view, and others as will appear as the description proceeds, the

of construction and arrangement of parts .which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

ln the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of the invention, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a sectional view of the windmill showing the rear wheel in elevation, 1the front wheel being removed; Fig. Q is a side view of the windmill; Figs. 3 and il are detail sectional views on the lines 3-3 and lf-4: respectively of Fig. 2; Figs. 45 and it are diagrammatic views of. gearing that maintains the wind 'wheels face to the wind and Fig. 7 is a view showing the windwheel Y supporting journals. p

Referring to the drawings, A and B designate the front and rear vane wheels which are spaced apart lfrom each other to accom modate the wheel supporting means and the power transmitting mechanism that receives power from the wheels. The vanes 1 of the wheel4 A are pitched reversely tothe vanes 2 of the wheel B, so that the wind in striking the wheel 1 will p'ass between the vanes thereof atan oblique angle to the plane of rotation and approximately `at right-angles to the impinging "faces of the vanes 2 of the wheel B, whereby the energy of the wind is more effectively abstracted.

The` supporting means for the wheels comprises a tubular standard C which has at the/upper part of its base 3 a step bearmg flange l on which rest bearing balls 5 that support a tubular element 6, suoli element having laterally-extendin journals or axles 7` on`which the wheels and B are mounted.

The wheels A and B impart power to a common shaft 8 which is disposed in and extends through the tubularv support' C. Thisshaft 8 has on its upperend a bevel gearv 9 which is adapted to .mesh with bevel gears 10 and 11 fastened to the central part of the wheels A and B, respectively. Any suitable means may be employed for taking power from the shaft 8 for any desired purpose. ln the present instance, as shown in Fig. 1, the shaft 8 has a gear wheel l2 which .meshes with a gear wheel 13 on a power transmitting shaft 14 that is adapted to drive machinery of any character. The shaft 8 is capable of having longitudinal movement so as to throw the pinion 9'into or out of engagement with the gears 10 and l1, and for this purpose a screw l5 or equiv alent means is mounted in a bracket 16 secured to asuitable part of the supporting frame or derrick 17 of the windmill, the said screw having a handwheel'or equirw lent 'turning means 18 at its lower end and a bearing element 19 at its upper end, on which element the lower en d of the vshaft 8 bears. 'lheshaft 8 may slide freely through the gear 12 withoutshifting the relation thereofto the gear 13.

"ln order to maintain the wheels A and B` Aing vane D in such a manner as to throw the .4o

` wind. For this purpose the section b of the nected at 34 vagie D -cannot cause the same to swing about :in proper relation to the wind av guiding `tail lsecured at 24 with the upper end of the shaft "ed by a link 25 with the'upper end of ay verf.

'27 of the sleeve 6. The lower' end which is connected by a link 32 with the seo- Vtion a of the shank 19 of the guidingI vane,

26, and this in turn rotates the pinion 28 so that the crank 31 on the shaft 29 throws the 'provided with loops or limiting devices 35 Iconnections formed by the or vane A is provided, the same havinga shank or stem 19 thatl is-mounted on the tubular element or sleeve 6. The stem 19l is made in two parts a and b hingedly connected together at 20, so that the tail canfbe thrown to a position'parallel with the wheels and with the wind when the windmill is Vtol be stopped. This throwing of the guiding vane D into and out of operativev position. is'accomplished by raising and loweringmthe rotating shaft 8 through the a enhy oi/ means now to be described. On t e upper end of the tubular element 6 is a bracket 21' which has hingedly connected thereto at 22 a. lever'23 that is yoked or .otherwise suitably.

8. The outer end of the lever 23 is connecttically shiftable rod 26 movabler in guides of this rod 26 has a rack 27 that meshes'with a pinionl 28 fastened to a shaft 29, the said shaft 29 being rotatable in bearings 30 on thesection b of the shank 'of the guiding vane D. VThis shaft 29 has a crank arm 31 the pointlof connection 33 being to one side ofi the hinge 20, as clearly shown in Fiofs. 3 and 4.` By this arrangement, when tie shaft 8 is moved upwardly, it raises the rod guide vane D=laterally on the hinge 20A as a center untilthe ide vane-is parallel with the wheels A anduB.l 4 v Theshifting of the wind acts on the guidwheels- A and B into facing relation to the shank of the' guide vane D is pivotally conwith the tubular. element 6, so that the guiding vane D can 'have a limited movement independently of the sleeve 6 for the purpose of throwing into or out of en# gagement a clutch gearin which causes one wheel or the other to shi t the wheels in rotating into right-angular` relationy to the wind. As shown in Fig. 4, the sleeve 6 is through which the section b extends, such devices serving to.limit the relative movementof the'guiding vane D with respect to the sleeve. Wind acting on the guiding the hinge 20 as "a center, asthe operating parts 27, 28, 29, 31` and 32 constitute a lock for holding the sections a and b vof the shank 19 rigidly together as one part. The lower end of the bar 26 has a .slotted part 36 which 'passes through a slot 37 in the partit, Figs'. 1 and 4. The walls .ofjthe slot are comparatively 'pendin wide SQ. as to provide engaging surfaces of substantial area for the purpose of causing Y a Islight.twisting or rotary movement of the j .such t'e'etli '40 being exposed through the sleeve 6 by the latter being made with an4 upper section c spaced from but connected withthe lower section c by connecting elements 41, Fig. ,2. On theends of thes'haftl 38 are pinions 42 and 43, Figs. 2 and 3,

which `are adapted to be thrown into and out yofvmesh with gears 44 and 45 fastened to the wheels A andv B, respectively. Normally the pinions 42 and 43 are out of engagement .with the gears 44 and 45, but when the wind `shifts, .the guiding vane D will turn or twlst the rod 26 s as to throw either the pinion v42 into meshwith the gearwheel 44 or the pinion 43 into mesh with the gear 45, de-

winds ifts. By this means the rotating wheel A or B will cause the worm shaft 38` to rotate, and in consequence the rotating worm 39 acts on the stationary gear teeth 40 to throw the wheels A and B and sleeve 6 in a direction toright the windmill; that Iis to say, tofbring theqwheels A and B vinto a osition at-right-angles to the wind.

ince the worm 39 is mounted` on the verticallymovable rod 26 the worm moves out of engagement with the stationary teeth 40 when the rod 26 moves upwardly in the act of throwing the guiding vane D to inopera-4 tive position. When this worm is disenaged from the teeth 40 the sleeve 6 is no igonger locked to the stationary standard C, and consequently the wheels A and B and guiding vane D are free to turn as a unit on the standard with the changes in the direc# tion of the wind, but when the windmill is either one of the wheels A and B, as. previupon the direction in which'the in operation the worm 39 and teeth 40 conously described. Whenthe rod 2 6 is raised the pins 42 and'43 will be raised to the position represented by Fig, 5, and when the rod is lowered the pinions will occupy the non-meshing position with lrespect to gears 44 and 45 indicated in Fig. 6, but when the wind shifts the' pinion 42 will mesh with gear`44,or pinion 43 will mesh with gear 45. From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and method of operation'and pf the apparatus sev 'shown will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation, together with the apparatus which I now consider to be the best l -porting said wheels, a gearing connecting the wheels together and transmitting power therefrom, a guiding vane connected with the member and having a limited movement independently thereof, coacting means on the member and support for turning the member on the latter, and means for operatively connecting the means on the member to either of the said wheels to receive motion therefrom when the guiding vane moves relatively to the said member, whereby the wheels are maintained at right-angles to the wind.

2. A windmill comprising asupport, a tubular member mounted to turn thereon, vane wheels mounted on the member, a gearing connecting the wheels together, a shaft receiving power from the gearing, a guide vane mounted on the member and having a.

limited movement independently thereof, gear teeth on the support, a worm arranged to engage the gear teeth, a connection between` the worm and guiding vane whereby the former moves with the latter when the vane shifts with respect to the said member, and normally non-meshing bearing elements between the worm and each wheel, whereby the worm is turned to maintain the wheels faced to the wind.

3. A windmill comprising a supporting standard, a vsleeve mounted" thereon, gear teeth on the standard, a worm arranged to engage the teeth, a movable support for the worm, means for shifting the support .to engage and disengage the worm and teeth, vane wheels mounted on the sleeve and rotating in opposite directions, a gearing between the wheels, gear wheels connected with the vane wheels, pinions connected with the worm and normally out 'of mesh .with the'said gear wheels, a guide vane connected with the sleeve to have a limited independent movement and operatively connected `with the said movable support for the 4worm tok actuate the support for engaging'either pinion of the worm with its coacting gear wheel. i i

4. A windmill comprising a `tubular supporting standard, a sleeve mountedthereon,

-ferthrowing the latter into and out oppositely-rotating vane wheels mounted on the sleeve, bevel gears connected with the wheels, a bevel gear arranged to mesh with thelirst-mentioned gears, a shaft connected .with the last mentioned gear rotatably and axially movable in the standard, a guiding .vane connected with the sleeve, and connecting means between the said shafts and guiding vane for throwing the latter into and out of operative position by the longitudinal vmovement of the shaft.

5. In a windmill, the combination of a vane wheel, a shaft driven thereby and axially movable, a supporting structure for the wheel, a guiding vane mounted on the said structure, a rack movable by the longitudi nal movement of the said shaft, a pinion 4meshing with the rack, and aconnection between the pinion and guiding vane for -throwing the latter into and out of operative position.

6. In a windmill, the combination of a tubular supporting standard, a vane wheel, a shaft in the standard operatively connected with the wheel and movable axially, an ele ment disposed out-side the standard'and connected with lthe shaft to be moved thereby, a rack on the element, a pinion meshing with the rack, a guiding vane movably mounted with respect to the standard, a shaft connected with the pinion and having a crank, and a connection between the crank and guide vane for throwing the latter into and out of operative position.

7. In a windmill, he combination of a tubular standard, a sleeve mounted thereon, a shaft rotatably and longitudinally movable in 'the standard, oppositely rotating vane wheels on the sleeve, bevel gears on the wheels, a bevel gear on the shaft to mesh with the first mentioned gear and disengageable from the latter by the' longitudinal movement ofthe shaft, a rod mounted on the sleeve and connected with the shaft to move therewith, a guide vane mounted on the sleeve, and means between the rod and vane for throwing the latter into and out of operative position.

8. In a windmill, the combination of a tubular standard, a sleeve mounted thereon, a shaft rotatably and longitudinally movable in the standard, oppositely rotating vane wheels on the sleeve, bevel gears on the wheels, a bevel gear on the shaft to mesh with the first mentioned able from the latter by the longitudinal movement of the shaft, a rod mounted on the sleeve and connected with the shaft to move therewith, a guide vane mounted on the sleeve, means between the rod and vane of operative position, a worm carried by the rod, teeth on the standard with which the worm is engaged or disengaged by the movement of the rod, pinionsconnected with the worm,

gear and disengageand gears connected with the vane wheels name to this specification in. the preseneeof and normally out of mesh with the pinions, two subscribing witnesses; said vane having a limited movement independently of the sleeve and serving to actu- CHARLES LEWIS ate the rod for throwing either 'pinion into Witnesses: engagement with its ooating gear. JoHN PETER CLL' In testimony whereof I have signed my rLEWIS GEQBGE RIESE.

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